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An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from MIT Technology Review: Today, researchers announced yet another version of the human genome map, which they say combines the complete DNA of 47 diverse individuals — Africans, Native Americans, and Asians, am…
Industry says the Albanese government is ‘defunding space programs without explanation’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s first national space mission – building satellites to detect and respond to bush…
Researchers have developed a “language” called Remmyo, which relies on specific facial muscle movements that can occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. People who are capable of lucid dreaming can learn this language during their waking hours and…
Scientists have found microbes that can do this at 15C, in a potential breakthrough for recyclingMicrobes that can digest plastics at low temperatures have been discovered by scientists in the Alps and the Arctic, which could be a valuable tool in recy…
New genetics study finds some of the first arrivals came during the last ice age, and shortly afterThe first humans to arrive in the Americas included people from what is now China, who arrived in two distinct migrations during and after the last ice a…
Louise Lerner writes via Phys.Org: Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Outside their window, trees gather sunlight and turn them into new leaves. The two seem unrelated — but…
An anonymous reader shares a report: Broad-spectrum antibiotics are akin to nuclear bombs, obliterating every prokaryote they meet. They’re effective at eliminating pathogens, sure, but they’re not so great for maintaining a healthy microbiome. Ideally…
Pugh’s mountain frog, which has been ‘evolving since Australia was connected to Antarctica’ was worst affected of nine threatened species, researchers sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSeveral frog species are …
Real-time data will be displayed for Dr Alyssa Schwartz to play at Atlanta conferenceMove aside Metallica and Led Zeppelin: scientists are planning to make “rock” music by letting seismic activity headline in a live flute performance.On Tuesday, Dr Dom…
Exclusive: Research comes amid evidence that driving on less than five hours’ sleep is as dangerous as drink-drivingExperts divided on ethics of testing tired driversHow to reduce the risks of sleepy drivingA blood test to measure whether a driver who …